"Stop Putting Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma In Same Bracket": Sanjay Manjrekar Separates 'Ro-Ko'

Sanjay Manjrekar doesn't feel Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma belog to the same category of players, at least in Test cricket.

"We even have a term for them, RoKo. I can understand it in white-ball cricket; there's some comparison, and they're comparable players. Although there's an argument there as well, but that's for a later time. When it comes to red-ball cricket, there's absolutely no comparison between the two. And I will never ever put them in the same bracket. Just to give you some numbers, so you don't have to take my word for it," Manjrekar said in an unflinching statement.

The former Indian cricketer also put some numbers forward, especially from the two batters' SENA performances in Tests.

"When it comes to SENA countries, the true test of a batter, Virat Kohli has got 12 hundreds. 30 Test 100s as well. Rohit Sharma in SENA countries, just the one against England at the Oval 2021. He's played over 100 innings, just one hundred in SENA countries. And the average now is 40."

"And I dare say, had he continued playing or had he gone to England, that average would have dropped in the 30s. I can't be absolutely sure, but that would be my educated guess. So, when it comes to Test cricket, please, red-ball cricket, Virat Kohli is in a different league when you compare him with Rohit Sharma. This comparison in red-ball cricket between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and putting them in the same bracket, I say, Roko, stop that."